So, why are you quoting drunks as useful sources, even if he's your brother? — Bitter Crank
But would there be less need as technology progresses exponentially, rendering many jobs in the tech field obsolete? — Christopher
My brother's comment was obviously futile. Is that to suggest, however, that all inebriated ideas are baseless? Or any other substance that alters cognition, for that matter? — Christopher
So, why are you quoting drunks as useful sources, even if he's your brother? — Bitter Crank
Welcome to The Philosophy Forum. — Bitter Crank
What seems to be a good plan is to be as flexible as possible, both in one's work and in one's consumption habits. — Bitter Crank
Inebriated people, me among them, have ideas and they might be quite good ideas. The problem is in working out the details, expressing them clearly, and (often enough) remembering them in the morning. — Bitter Crank
Right? And I'm sure many of us share the love for Mother Mary...Jane.That said, who wants to be sober all the time? — Bitter Crank
Only since the 80s'? — Christopher
What interests you? — Christopher
Although they still grow from a tree. Why not compare? — Christopher
I explained how every academic discipline has the potential for further research and studies, so it advances our knowledge in each academic field. — Christopher
I’ve met numerous people who have a degree and cannot write a paragraph. Writing, like reading, is an extremely difficult skill to master. For some reason too many people think education stops once you leave school without realising that ‘schooling’ is simply the first step on the never ending road of learning to teach yourself. — I like sushi
think the problem with the humanities is the incessant push to say something new, something novel, something different. This leads, in most cases, to saying less and less about things that are of concern to human being and human life. — Fooloso4
It is not a problem that the humanities are a plateau. — Bitter Crank
I think the problem with the humanities is the incessant push to say something new, something novel, something different. T — Fooloso4
This leads, in most cases, to saying less and less about things that are of concern to human being and human life. — Fooloso4
There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.” — Bitter Crank
1980's because this was the era during which neo-liberalism bloomed via Thatcher and Reagan — Tom Storm
Mass and length can't be compared in a meaningful way? :chin: — Agent Smith
Maybe your brother’s point was that you talk and talk and end up saying ‘nonsense’ as you put it. — I like sushi
Note: My own writing style is not exacting concise! :D — I like sushi
Formal education prepares one for life-long learning, IF one is willing to practice it. — Bitter Crank
I agree in so far as the ground has been plowed, but I do not consider the current state of the humanities as being at a plateau. I think the attempt to go further than what has already been said has led to a decline. But this is not to say that no good work is being done. — Fooloso4
Mass and length can't be compared in a meaningful way? :chin: — Agent Smith
I am confused by the question mark. Are you asking me if they can't be compared in a meaningful way? — Christopher
Is this the difference between knowledge and wisdom? — Christopher
But an apprenticeship could help. — jgill
Exactly my first experience with Castaneda's Art of Dreaming many years ago. Stephan King describes an alternate reality in one of his books in which an onion is pulled from the ground and someone a mile away smells it. — jgill
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